Cord Martin Music Resume
Skills:
Saxophones (Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bari)
Doubling Experience on secondary instruments: Flute and Clarinet
Proficient sight-reading skills
Proficient improvisational skills in various genres
Experience playing in diverse musical styles: classical, gospel, jazz, pop, funk, latin, etc.
Experience in recording studio as a soloist and horn section
Experience with conducting and orchestration/arranging
Education:
Middle Tennessee State University
• Bachelor of Music in Music Education (2010)
Sam Houston State University
• Master of Music in Instrumental Conducting (2014)
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Teaching Experience:
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Co-Director of Bands at Whitthorne Middle School (2011-present).
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I teach woodwind, brass and percussion instruments to over 225 students from grades 6-8.
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Director of the Murfreesboro Youth Jazz Orchestra (2011-2015)
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Director of the Ethos Jazz Ensemble (2015-present)
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Clinician Experience:
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I served as guest clinician for the All Mid-Tennessee 7th and 8th Grade Jazz Band
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I served as guest clinician for the All-Rutherford County High School Jazz Band
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Live Performance Experience:
New Jersey-based saxophonist Don Braden (played with Freddie Hubbard and others)
Aretha Franklin at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center October 2015
CMA Country Christmas Show with Brian Setzer (ABC Television) Nov 2015
I perform regularly on the Nashville music scene. Some of these artists/groups are:
Gospel jazz pianist Ben Tankard
Smooth jazz trumpeter Rick Braun
Denver and the Mile High Orchestra
Latin Jazz group El Movimiento
Scat Springs Band
John Birdsong (Jazz Bassist)
Tyronn Hamilton (Jazz Pianist)
The Duffy Jackson Big Band
Jazz trumpeter Rod McGaha and his United for Peace Orchestra
Nashville independent artist Jason Eskridge
Recording Experience:
• Recorded on Gospel artist Benita Washington’s Faithful God (2010) alto, tenor sax
• Recorded on gospel recording artist Jamar Carter’s Verily (2009)
• Recorded on Riverside SDA Church’s Psalms of Exaltation (2013)
• Recorded with The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker’s Burn It Down (2009)
• Recorded with Roy “Futureman” Wooten’s Black Mozart Ensemble (2009) soprano/tenor
• Recorded on Chris West’s Trilogy album
• Recorded with Mick Hicks’ This is Life album
• Recorded on various samples and demos for up and coming artist and writers
• Recored Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones on a Rock and Roll record for producer Jim Corrigan